2016
DOI: 10.18869/acadpub.ihepsaj.4.1.31
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The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Quality of Life among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Abstract: Background and objective: Diabetes is one of the chronic disease that has the most negative effects on the quality of life. This study was aimed to investigate the impact of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on quality of life among patients with type 2 diabetes. Materials and methods: In this quasi-experimental study a pre-test, posttest and a three month follow-up test was used. Among patients from the Diabetes Association in Alborz Province in Iran, 40 diabetic patients were randomly assigned to an ex… Show more

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“…The results of this study indicated that ACT was effective in depression and anxiety. This result was in consistent with the study of Fathi Ahmadsaraei et al on the effectiveness of ACT on decreasing depression in diabetic patients [23]. Pourfaraj conducted a study on students with social fearing which ACT had decreased depression and anxiety during 10 sessions [24].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…The results of this study indicated that ACT was effective in depression and anxiety. This result was in consistent with the study of Fathi Ahmadsaraei et al on the effectiveness of ACT on decreasing depression in diabetic patients [23]. Pourfaraj conducted a study on students with social fearing which ACT had decreased depression and anxiety during 10 sessions [24].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…Both experimental groups showed reductions in depressive symptoms and other measures compared to the control group across the whole study period, but the study lacked a follow-up. Depression among patients with type II diabetes was treated using eight sessions of ACT (Ahmadsaraei, Doost, Manshaee, & Nadi, 2017). Compared to waiting-list controls, depressive symptoms decreased significantly in the ACT group at both the post-and 3-month follow-up measurements.…”
Section: Face-to-face Acceptance-and Value-based Interventions For Dementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Clinically and statistically, remote medical bene ts were achieved at a lower cost. Therefore, the use of remote medical intervention was cost-effective with more health bene ts than conventional care [4].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Fountoulakis et al indicated that the intervention was more cost-effective for patients who lived more than 100 km from the health house. The results revealed that remote patient monitoring technology is more costeffective than routine treatment [4][5][6].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%